Jabrill Peppers is one of two players taken with the last 22 picks in the first-round to not sign his rookie contract yet (5 of top 10 have yet to sign). According to ProFootball Talk’s Mike Florio, the hold-up from a deal is guaranteed money:
Browns rookie Jabrill Peppers is yet to sign his rookie deal because of issues with the amount of guaranteed money in his deal, per PFT.
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A fairly broad range has been set by the players taken at No. 26 (Falcons defensive end Tak McKinley) and at No. 23 (Giants tight end Evan Engram), with full guarantees for the first three years and a fourth-year guarantee of $655,000 for McKinley and $1.55 million for Engram. That’s a $900,000 spread in fourth-year guaranteed money over three picks; without the benefit of Conley being under contract, Peppers doesn’t have a direct, practical ceiling on his guaranteed money.
